Oncogene covers all aspects of the structure and function of oncogenes, especially: Cellular oncogenes and their mechanism of activation Structure and function of their encoded proteins Oncogenes of the DNA and RNA tumour viruses The molecular oncology of human tumours Tumour suppressor genes Growth regulatory genes Cell cycle control Growth factors and receptors Apoptosis.

致癌基因涵蓋所有方面的致癌基因的結構和功能,特別是:細胞癌基因及其機制的激活癌基因編碼的蛋白質的結構和功能的DNA和RNA腫瘤病毒人類腫瘤腫瘤抑制基因的分子腫瘤生長調控基因細胞周期控制生長因子和受體細胞凋亡。